We’ve got an old Arisaka that my father in law brought back from WWII. It’s one of the late Type 99s, and the only way I would shoot it would be from a bunch of sandbags with a loooong string tied to the trigger, and hiding behind a solid wall.
my grandfather was a sailor in the Pacific during WW II - stated that when they were rounding up the left overs on Japaneses held islands and took their weapons - the rifles were poorly made and dangerous to shoot...most ended up being scraped...
American imported multitudes of cheap Japanese toys from Japan in the 1930s, and Japan used profits to import American scrap metal and build war machines
My uncle,Army, 3 years in the Pacific, returned with a Nambu pistol, sword and Jap “meatball” flag. Today’s soldiers would be arrested for taking “souvenirs”
The early Type 99 actions are stronger than some Mauser actions.